fylking

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse fylking.

Noun

fylking c (singular definite fylkingen, plural indefinite fylkinger)

  1. (obsolete) army arranged for battle; a formation
    • 1839, Kongelige Nordiske oldskriftselskab (Copenhagen, Denmark), Historiske Fortællinger om Islændernes Færd hjemme og ude, page 177
      Thorfinn, som bar Mærket, veg da tilbage til den tættere Del af Fylkingen, men ogsaa dem anfaldt Adils, saa det kom atter til en haard Kamp, og Skotterne, som havde fældet Høvdingen, raabte Sejersraab.
      Thorfinn, who carried the mark, then went back to the denser part of the formation, but these too did Adils attack, so it once more came to a hard battle, and the Scots, who had felled the chief, uttered yells of victory.
    • 1855, Niels Matthias Petersen, Danmarks Historie i Hedenold, page 316
      Fylkingens Dele fik Navn efter Legemet, da den kunde sammenlignes med et Menneskes Liv med udbredte Arme; Fronten kaldtes nemlig Brystet (brjóst fylkingar), og her stod Høvdingen med sine tappreste Mænd og Mærket, fremmerst i Fylkingen (fremstr i brjóstinu); Fløjene kaldtes Arme (armr fylkingar).
      The parts of the formation were named after the body, as it could be likened to the body of a human with spread arms; the front was called the chest (brjóst fylkingar), and here stood the chief with his bravest men and the mark, at the front of the formation (fremstr i brjóstinu); the wings were called arms (armr fylkingar).

Declension


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪl̥ciŋk/
    Rhymes: -ɪl̥ciŋk

Noun

fylking f (genitive singular fylkingar, nominative plural fylkingar)

  1. army formation, legion
  2. crowd
  3. (biology, taxonomy) phylum

Declension

Derived terms

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